Lesson 2
Equipment
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You can never do too much in any field without the right equipment. Below is a list of the necessary equipment you will need along with pictures so that you may more easily identify each piece. If you are taking this course through Lynn Werner's Culinary School, your equipment will be supplied. If not, after the equipment list are some links to on-line brewing suppliers so that you may purchase the necessary equipment. You will need the following items: (please note the images are not to scale) To learn more about each piece of equipment, click on the picture or the name of the item. |
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A large
Stainless Steel Stockpot that will
hold at least 6 gallons of liquid.
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A long Stainless
Steel Spoon or Paddle for mixing ingredients together.
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A Funnel
with a filter insert.
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A Straining
Bag for additional filtering.
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A 5-gallon
Glass Carboy for fermentation.
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A Cork
or Stopper Plug with a hole for the fermentation lock to seal
the carboy.
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A Vapor
Lock (also called a Fermentation Lock or Air Lock)
to fit in the stopper plug.
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A Drip/Overflow
Pan to put under the carboy during fermentation.
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On-line Brewing
Supply Companies
Aardvark
Brewing Supplies
The
Cellar Homebrew
HopTech
Homebrewing Supplies
Seven
Bridges Cooperative
Williams
Brewing Supplies
or you can do a 
search for "Brewing
Supplies"
